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New Pokemon has little effect on Japanese DS/3DS sales
New Pokemon has little effect on Japanese DS/3DS sales
Pokemon Black and White 2 became one of the fastest-selling DS games ever in Japan after pushing 1.6 million copies last week, but you could hardly tell there was a big release when you look at DS and 3DS hardware sales.
June 27, 2012
Valve releases free tool for making in-game movies with Source
Valve releases free tool for making in-game movies with Source
Half-Life_ developer Valve Software has launched a closed beta for Source Filmmaker, a free tool allowing users to record and create movies inside its Source game engine.
June 27, 2012
Opinion: Joining Team Audio
Opinion: Joining Team Audio
In this reprinted #altdevblogaday opinion piece, Volition's senior audio designer Ariel Gross shares how his team handles the audio hiring process, what it takes to get hired, and more.
June 27, 2012
Interview: Why experimental platformer Perspective is the opposite of Fez
Interview: Why experimental platformer Perspective is the opposite of Fez
The team behind experimental platform game Perspective talks about its various inspirations, including Fez, Echochrome and Super Paper Mario.
June 27, 2012
Tomb Raider exec Dominic Wheatley joins Kuju as CEO
Tomb Raider exec Dominic Wheatley joins Kuju as CEO
Dominic Wheatley, co-founder of Domark (merged into Eidos Interactive) and a management figure around the original Tomb Raider, is now the CEO for UK-based independent developer Kuju Entertainment.
June 27, 2012
Sony president Kaz Hirai steps down from SCE roles
Sony president Kaz Hirai steps down from SCE roles
Sony president Kaz Hirai has retired his role as representative director and chairman of Sony Computer Entertainment, following his move up the Sony food chain earlier this year.
June 27, 2012
HTML5 game creation tools PlayCanvas unveiled
HTML5 game creation tools PlayCanvas unveiled
A team of game industry veterans has revealed PlayCanvas, a cloud-hosted platform for HTML5 game creation that aims to solve numerous complexities within the HTML5 technology.
June 27, 2012
Snapdragon Android SDK offers enhanced sensor gestures
Snapdragon Android SDK offers enhanced sensor gestures
Chipset manufacturer Qualcomm has unveiled the Android SDK for its Snapdragon processors, giving game developers the ability to differentiate their applications on separate devices.
June 27, 2012
Google's new tablet promises high performance games at a low cost
Google's new tablet promises high performance games at a low cost
Hot on the heels of Microsoft's Surface reveal earlier this month, Google has just announced its own entry in the competitive tablet market: The high performance and low cost Nexus 7.
June 27, 2012
Square Enix to avoid large-scale internal development after Final Fantasy XIII-2
Square Enix to avoid large-scale internal development after Final Fantasy XIII-2
After Final Fantasy XIII-2 development, director Motomu Toriyama told a GDC Taipei audience that the company will avoid development on that scale 100 percent internally, in order to get away from bloated teams.
June 27, 2012
Media Molecule finds success and failure alike in Little Big Planet's sharing systems
Media Molecule finds success and failure alike in Little Big Planet's sharing systems
At GDC Taipei, Media Molecule community manager James Spafford discusses the company's failings in its initial attempt to share user-created levels, how they improved them, and how their target still hasn't been reached.
June 27, 2012
Epic's Sweeney: Platform convergence, freemium the inevitable future
Epic's Sweeney: Platform convergence, freemium the inevitable future
In a GDC Taipei keynote, Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney discussed how his company is pushing high end graphics, and how Western games need to learn from the Asian market and its business models.
June 27, 2012